| paramyotonia | An atypical form of myotonia. Synonym: paramyotonus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| ataxic paramyotonia | A disorder characterised by a tonic muscular spasm on attempted movement, associated with slight paresis and ataxia. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| congenital paramyotonia | Paramyotonia congenita, a nonprogressive myotonia induced by exposure of muscles to cold; there are episodes of intermittent flaccid paralysis, but no atrophy or hypertrophy of muscles; autosomal dominant inheritance. There is a variant autosomal dominant form in which cold is not a provoking factor. Synonym: Eulenburg's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |